Half-Day Penang Countryside Cycling Tour: Experience Local Life in Balik Pulau

Immerse yourself in the local life of Penang’s countryside with a half-day cycling tour in Balik Pulau. Explore the colorful villages, witness the fascinating lives of locals, and enjoy the bountiful green environment. Book now!

Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Explore Balik Pulau - Join this small-group cycling tour to explore the countryside of Penang, Balik Pulau. The tour will start at 7am from your hotel where we will transfer you to Balik Pulau.
    Exploring the town by bicycle has all the advantages of going by foot, combined with a much greater action radius and cooling breeze. If you want to…
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Bottled water
  • All fees and taxes included
  • Hotel pickup in Georgetown
  • Bike tour with all equipment provided
What's Not Included
  • Travel Insurance
Additional Information

Away from the busy Georgetown, the colorful sights and smells of the local villages, the fascinating life of locals and bountiful green environment, Penang countryside is another essence makes this small islands one of Asia’s most captivating cities.
Join a half-day cycling tour for locals and tourists who want to experience a different side of Penang,…

Location
Explore Balik Pulau
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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H8688gmsimone
Aug 18, 2025
Brilliant ride through rural Penang with our great guide, TC. - A thoroughly enjoyable ride through the countryside of Penang. Our guide, TC, collected us on time from George Town and drove us to the west side of Penang Island. There we were given bikes and toured gently around through the rural area, stopped for coffee at a local fishing village, went through farms and met the locals. Lots of wildlife seen throughout the gentle ride, as well as a stop off at a local goat farm and we sampled ice cream and met more animals. Overall, a wonderful experience and a great contrast to the hustle and bustle of George Town. TC is a great guide, very knowledgable and lots of fun.
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Navigator40332227522
Aug 17, 2025
Relaxed cycling tour - It was a four-hour tour, including transfers to and from the hotel. The bike is also large enough for a 10-year-old child (128 cm tall) and was fun on a very leisurely tour around the country roads. We visited a fruit farm with three breaks on the way, fed animals, and had drinks, Kaya jam pies, and ice cream. I was able to spend a relaxing and enjoyable time to the extent that I was not tired.
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Jo
Aug 16, 2025
A great local experience in regional Penang. - We booked this experience with the view to learning a little bit more about the countryside in Penang as we had stayed in Georgetown for four nights and wanted to visit a regional area. We were absolutely delighted at this experience and so lucky to be paired with our tour guide Eddie. He was unbelievable with his knowledge about the local area and culture together with his knowledge of Penang and Malaysia itself was incredibly interesting and insightful. We highly recommend you book this trip if you want a personable experience ask for Eddie! I’ve noticed a few people have said the bikes are old but to be honest it’s irrelevant & does not matter in the slightest PS the coffee stop was yummy with locally made pastries paired with beautiful refreshing iced coffee.
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Federicam344
Aug 14, 2025
Pleasant morning by bike - Nice experience to visit the countryside around Penang and learn a little more about the country's history, lifestyle, plantations etc.
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Jeffreywj8814xr
Aug 6, 2025
Hard to be beaten cycling in Penang countryside! - Superb bike ride through the countryside in Penang.Eddie was a knowledgeable guide and good humoured.Definitely recommend-real value for money!
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Lisa_h
Aug 6, 2025
It’s a really early start... - It’s a really early start , very good , guide was excellent good English , overall a lovely family bike ride.
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Petra_l
Jul 31, 2025
Absolute must-do in Penang - Great beautiful EN educational tour with beautiful anecdotes EN explanations about environment, DE people their habits, DE flora EN fauna
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Luch-sga
Jul 30, 2025
Beautiful bike ride in the countryside - Beautiful experience to visit the most unknown part of Penang Island. Eddi picked me up at my accommodation despite not being on the list and then accompanied us on this bike ride in the Malaysian countryside and explained and showed us many things. Well appreciated the coffee and snack break and ice cream made with goat milk. I wish it would last longer
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Nicob1137
Aug 2, 2025
Pleasant change compared to DE many urban bike rides. - Bike ride itself was very nice. Beautiful surroundings with pleasant stops in between. Guide who knew what he was talking about EN took DE time to explain things. The quality of DE bikes themselves could be a few levels higher. Those weren't much of a deal.
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Jerry_m
Aug 17, 2025
Save your money - I received a message the morning (06.00) of my pick-up saying I would now have to walk to a new point by 0.700. We drove past my original pick-up on the way to the start. Bikes were antiquated, dirty and badly maintained. It took 3 attempts to get a bike that was safe. Bike ride not worthy of note.
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From $31
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).